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Man who recorded video in grocery store bathroom admits guilt

April 23, 2018, update: David Wise pleaded guilty to a voyeurism charge on Jan. 31, online courts records say. His sentence for his 2014 conviction was amended after his plea, and he was sentenced to prison. His projected release date is Dec.

Man who recorded video in grocery store bathroom admits guilt

April 23, 2018, update: David Wise pleaded guilty to a voyeurism charge on Jan. 31, online courts records say. His sentence for his 2014 conviction was amended after his plea, and he was sentenced to prison. His projected release date is Dec. 6, 2022, Department of Correction records say.

Earlier story: An Indianapolis man faces 20 voyeurism-related charges after police say his phone was found to be recording video in the bathroom of a southwest-side grocery store.

David Wise, 55, faces one count of voyeurism, a Level 6 felony, and 19 counts of attempted voyeurism, also a Level 6 felony, according to court documents.

Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called to the Kroger in the 3300 block of South Kentucky Avenue on Feb. 12 after a visitor to the store found a phone, which Wise claimed was his, in the store's unisex bathroom, placed under a sink with its camera apparently pointed in the direction of the toilet.

A store manager told police Wise worked at the store cleaning floors, but had recently begun cleaning bathrooms before his shifts began, even though that was not his responsibility, according to court documents.

Wise told police the phone had gone missing while he was cleaning the bathroom. Police obtained a search warrant and found thumb nail images with time stamps from 19 days in late January and early February.

Wise was convicted in 2014 of drugging and raping his then-wife, who approached police in 2011 with videos she had found on his phone of the sex acts, which occurred in 2008. He was found guilty of one count of rape and five counts of criminal deviate conduct and sentenced to eight years of home detention.

An initial hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 24, according to online court records.